Modern Gaming: Doom (1993) (Nintendo Switch) Review · 8:44pm Feb 16th, 2021
A new edition of Modern Gaming is up as we tackle the Quality of Life port of the original Doom for the Nintendo Switch. If you read my previous reviews on the grandfather of FPSs, you then ask why I am going over this a fourth time. That is how much of a classic the first Doom is as well as its 90s sequels. As you have noticed over the years, re-releases of retro and older, modern games have been more common. These come in the form of Quality of Life ports where extra stuff and cleaned up visuals is added. Ever since 2019, the Nintendo Switch has officially been Doomed by the series as Bethesda has made the entire catalog available. These include all the 90s titles and Doom 3 that was originally released in 2004, on PC and later on Xbox in 2005.
Doom (1993) is among these to come out and for years was always priced at five dollars. The studio behind this port was Nerve Software who also worked on bringing over Doom II and Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. However, unlike The Ultimate Doom, this port was giving extra features such as campaign co-op in multiplayer. A new feature called the Add-On Installer was also designed into the port, and it lets you download new WADs. I am surprised something like this wasn’t considered for years when it comes to these re-releases. When looking at companies like Nintendo who constantly resells their legacy catalog many times, we can’t help but question them. Just take Super Mario 3D All Stars, I mean what was stopping them from re-skinning Mario 64 with the 1996 cover art style. Bethesda might have gone the Square Enix route but at least Nerve Software gives you a reason to rebuy an older title.
